@@georgegutierrez2932 It has 75,000 on it but the valve train is getting noisy, I've been outside the country a lot and I'm lucky to put a thousand miles a year on it. The bike was abused before I bought it, I would say that any problems it has is because of that. 18 years ago I overhauled the secondary gearbox. It's still going.
I loved this video. I own two. 700 and 1200. So being female I have learned I now also have two testicles. Since that's Bulgarian slang name!! Love it. A few times a year someone will want to race me. The bike does not disappoint! I have other ones but love my Maduras. Also how the hell can you get 110 miles per tank on this bike? Both bikes are well maintained and carbs are well synched. Best I can do around 60 miles per tank without it starting to sputter. That's not showering down at all. As far as a reserve tank, your gas station better be within 2 miles or your walking!!!
Hi. Best i got was 88 miles on main tank and then after switching to reserve i rode another 20 miles or so and got to the petrol station. Mind you this was a steady cruise at 55-60 mph.
@@Adikxx My '85 1200 gets about the same MPG as yours...as best I can remember. This now 2022 and my bike needs lots of new parts and the carbs cleaned. I bought it new in '88. It is an '85 and was still in the crate when I bought it! Where do I get parts?
I have one of these 1985 Madura's, and every year I say to myself that I'm going to get it on the road and go for a cruise. Ten years later I'm still saying that. Lol
Haven't seen one of these since, they were new, and thats the only one ive ever seen, cruisers/customs especially big Japanese cruisers, just didn't sell here in NZ during the 80s.
I owned one of these bikes from 1985 until the early 2000s. Travelled across the States with it a number of times. Incredibly reliable, very very fast for a cruiser, and super comfortable for hours in the saddle. I once rode from Cape Cod to Montreal to Detroit only stopping for gas. Could not have performed better. The only hassle was synching four carburetors. rs.
I had one in the 80s as well, and they were strong and reliable. I can say, if all you stopped for was gas, then you made a lot of stops. The tank wasn't very big, and the bike wasn't shy to use fuel. I liked mine for the time I had it, but I remember filling the tank often.
I had one of these with 129 miles on it come into the shop with the front wheel bent from hitting a pothole at 50 mph! The front wheel might be pretty but lacing a new rim with that spoke pattern was interesting to say the least. I also R&R'd and engine in a Cavalcade that wasn't 2 months old because of porous cylinder heads. We didn't even have a manual on it yet as it was a JUST released model. Brea sent us an engine out of one of their demo's. If I remember correctly it was number "3". Yep, I'm serious. The good ole' days!
Not many people are aware of it, because it's freaking terrible. I had a Honda V65 magna, a V65 sabre, and a vmax at one time. Lot of my friends had v4s as well and we always looked at that bike with a side eye lol. Spoke wheels? Really? Nobody liked it. I guess it's cool now if you have one because it's pretty rare.
@@Adikxx I'll just never understand people donating $100-200 worth of rubber to the asphalt peeling out. If I recall, under the seat was a rear load height adjustment of 5 levels which was great if packing a passenger.
@@ReviewsChannel-e4r oh let me then explain it to you so well that suddently you'll be greatly enlightened forever and it will all make perfect sense. Ready? Here is it is : You made a VERY incorrect assumption commenting on the burnout. Nobody in their right mind donates 200$ of a good tire for smoke show. What usually happens is that the tire is absolute worthless piece of junk and MUST be replaced. Instead of just taking the old worn or hardened tire off and binning it people(me being one of them) have great fun in doing a burnout WITHOUT wasting new lovely tire for it. I'd imagine some very wealthy people can afford doing this wirh a new tire but for the most peeps it's a ritual reserved for bad tire only. Old worn tire which is destined for scrap is no loss of 200$ as it already served for many thoudands of miles on the bike. Every cent(or penny if you prefer) that was initially spent on that tire was used for riding the bike. When the tire finally becomes utter junk and is worthless then burnout comes to play. In other and very simple words - most of people usually do a burnout when their tire already lived it's long life and isn't adequate anymore to be safely used on the road for too long. Hope that my comprehensive explanation helps you to envisage that burnouts usually ARE NOT waste of ANY money. In fact not doing a burnout is a lost opportunity for some fun. Life is way too sad and monotonous not too have fun from time to time. Hope this helped.
Those spokes on the wheels tended to snap on the rear due to the massive torque induced by that v4. Had a GV700 and I truly loved that bike. Red line was at 10,750. That'll give anyone a shit eating grin. I dream of owning another one of these, pure cruising comfort with an animal side.
Solid review of a bike that I knew but forgot about. Back in the days I was heavily into Suzuki but I couldn't afford new stuff. By 1985 I was still cruising a GT750 (started on a GT 500). My switch to 4 strokes was on a GS650G which I bought as totalled bike and I built it up. I was a bit disappointed by the power of the GS650, I was used to the torque of the GT750... Anyway.... By the time I could finally afford a big V4 there was only the VMax available as new bike so I bought that and I stick that since then. V4 rules and I see so many similarities between this one and the 1200 VMax, even the producer of the rear shatf drive gear seems to be the same for both, Suzuki and Yamaha. Interestingly, my VMax also is equipped with self cancelling turn indicators, the 2nd gen VMax doesn't have them anymore... While I can live with the double instrument (speedo and tacho) in my opinion that block under the two Instruments looks weird. And iin my opinion t is a bit too much on the cruiser side of optical appearance. Nevertheless, a good, solid bike. Thanks for the good review!
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Ist shaft drive i wheelied was an 83 XJ750, the weird looking one with the cowhorn bars and yellow fog light under the main headlight, owner said it was impossible. Challenge accepted😆
Sorry for the late response. I own the 700 and 1200. Sometimes just by getting a hold of some bad gas is enough that will knock the carbs out of synch. I'm lucky, I have a mechanic that specializes in these old bikes. He's definitely has gotten to be a pro working on the old V4's. LOL
I had one of those, briefly. I always thought Honda did that sort of thing way better than suzuki, until Honda ruined the VFR by deleting the gear driven cams, and then it was all over for me, with honda.
@@gotchagee3315 I lived in Miami at the time. I was returning a VHS movie at SPECs, right on US1. I parked the bike on the sidewalk, next to the clear double glass doors in the front. One step inside was a security guard. It took me less than 3 minutes to return the movie. In that time, two guys loaded this heavy bike on to the back of a pickup truck. I know this because a customer watched it and did nothing about it. The security, although 3 feet away, totally missed it. The bike was fully paid for, and I had the minimum insurance at the time - so it wasn't covered. It still hurts to this day.
I love this era. So much going on. I just saw a running stock Madura for sale dirt cheap and I am seriously tempted.
A good review. I've been riding the same Madura for 21 years. I know there are haters, but people tell me they like my bike all the time.
It's a sweet and very underrated bike.
How many miles do you have on your bike and how has it been doing mechanically?
@@georgegutierrez2932 It has 75,000 on it but the valve train is getting noisy, I've been outside the country a lot and I'm lucky to put a thousand miles a year on it. The bike was abused before I bought it, I would say that any problems it has is because of that. 18 years ago I overhauled the secondary gearbox. It's still going.
I have an '85. The bike was built for 3 years not just 2.... '85, '86, and '87.
Great video! I need to get mine back on the road!
They are indeed superb. Especially that engine !
The the Cavalcade 1400 came out. It's V 4 engine was identical to the Madura 1200. It gave Goldwing a run.
I loved this video. I own two. 700 and 1200. So being female I have learned I now also have two testicles. Since that's Bulgarian slang name!! Love it. A few times a year someone will want to race me. The bike does not disappoint! I have other ones but love my Maduras. Also how the hell can you get 110 miles per tank on this bike? Both bikes are well maintained and carbs are well synched. Best I can do around 60 miles per tank without it starting to sputter. That's not showering down at all. As far as a reserve tank, your gas station better be within 2 miles or your walking!!!
Hi. Best i got was 88 miles on main tank and then after switching to reserve i rode another 20 miles or so and got to the petrol station. Mind you this was a steady cruise at 55-60 mph.
@@Adikxx
My '85 1200 gets about the same MPG as yours...as best I can remember. This now 2022 and my bike needs lots of new parts and the carbs cleaned. I bought it new in '88. It is an '85 and was still in the crate when I bought it!
Where do I get parts?
@@RalphSampson... lots of used good parts on Ebay. Also try Partzilla or CMSL parts.
@@Adikxx
Great. Thanks for the leads "Partzilla and CMSL".
I have purchased a few things off ebay. The other two are my next search. Thansk, again!
YUP.
This was my first bike. It was a handful. It buffeted side to side a lot at highway speeds too. But man it was fun to ride.
Fun fact, in Bulgarian "madura" is slang for testicle 🤣Suzuki have some strange talent in naming their bikes. Great review and very interesting bike!
It's good to have big and powerful testicles lol😁
Totally agree 👍!!! 🤩🙊
Love this!
That's cause that bike had nuts!
Means-Mature
I had to watch and comment again. Now two years later, it's still an awesome bike and this is a great video.
Thanks so much, it's hugely appreciated.
I have one of these 1985 Madura's, and every year I say to myself that I'm going to get it on the road and go for a cruise. Ten years later I'm still saying that. Lol
Do it
But I’ll still run. 80’s bikes RULE!!
Haven't seen one of these since, they were new, and thats the only one ive ever seen, cruisers/customs especially big Japanese cruisers, just didn't sell here in NZ during the 80s.
I owned one of these bikes from 1985 until the early 2000s. Travelled across the States with it a number of times. Incredibly reliable, very very fast for a cruiser, and super comfortable for hours in the saddle. I once rode from Cape Cod to Montreal to Detroit only stopping for gas. Could not have performed better. The only hassle was synching four carburetors.
rs.
I had one in the 80s as well, and they were strong and reliable.
I can say, if all you stopped for was gas, then you made a lot of stops. The tank wasn't very big, and the bike wasn't shy to use fuel.
I liked mine for the time I had it, but I remember filling the tank often.
I had one of these with 129 miles on it come into the shop with the front wheel bent from hitting a pothole at 50 mph! The front wheel might be pretty but lacing a new rim with that spoke pattern was interesting to say the least. I also R&R'd and engine in a Cavalcade that wasn't 2 months old because of porous cylinder heads. We didn't even have a manual on it yet as it was a JUST released model. Brea sent us an engine out of one of their demo's. If I remember correctly it was number "3". Yep, I'm serious. The good ole' days!
Thanks for watching and commenting !
Not many people are aware of it, because it's freaking terrible. I had a Honda V65 magna, a V65 sabre, and a vmax at one time. Lot of my friends had v4s as well and we always looked at that bike with a side eye lol. Spoke wheels? Really? Nobody liked it. I guess it's cool now if you have one because it's pretty rare.
Thank you for commenting, it is appreciated.
I got the same model here.
You're wrong about no one liking the Madura. Cheap aluminum mag style wheels were not all that. Spokes rule!
@@Adikxx I'll just never understand people donating $100-200 worth of rubber to the asphalt peeling out. If I recall, under the seat was a rear load height adjustment of 5 levels which was great if packing a passenger.
@@ReviewsChannel-e4r oh let me then explain it to you so well that suddently you'll be greatly enlightened forever and it will all make perfect sense. Ready? Here is it is :
You made a VERY incorrect assumption commenting on the burnout. Nobody in their right mind donates 200$ of a good tire for smoke show.
What usually happens is that the tire is absolute worthless piece of junk and MUST be replaced. Instead of just taking the old worn or hardened tire off and binning it people(me being one of them) have great fun in doing a burnout WITHOUT wasting new lovely tire for it. I'd imagine some very wealthy people can afford doing this wirh a new tire but for the most peeps it's a ritual reserved for bad tire only. Old worn tire which is destined for scrap is no loss of 200$ as it already served for many thoudands of miles on the bike. Every cent(or penny if you prefer) that was initially spent on that tire was used for riding the bike. When the tire finally becomes utter junk and is worthless then burnout comes to play.
In other and very simple words - most of people usually do a burnout when their tire already lived it's long life and isn't adequate anymore to be safely used on the road for too long. Hope that my comprehensive explanation helps you to envisage that burnouts usually ARE NOT waste of ANY money. In fact not doing a burnout is a lost opportunity for some fun. Life is way too sad and monotonous not too have fun from time to time.
Hope this helped.
Those spokes on the wheels tended to snap on the rear due to the massive torque induced by that v4.
Had a GV700 and I truly loved that bike. Red line was at 10,750. That'll give anyone a shit eating grin.
I dream of owning another one of these, pure cruising comfort with an animal side.
Read the forums. Nobody has had spokes break.
@@workingclassperson2124 You're wrong. I've had them break on my 700.
You read the forums, I'll go from personal experiance. Where do you get off?
Tengo una también los rompe, le he cambiando los radios por unos de volusia
Fantastic video, really well done!
Fantastic bike=fantastic video 😁
Solid review of a bike that I knew but forgot about.
Back in the days I was heavily into Suzuki but I couldn't afford new stuff. By 1985 I was still cruising a GT750 (started on a GT 500). My switch to 4 strokes was on a GS650G which I bought as totalled bike and I built it up.
I was a bit disappointed by the power of the GS650, I was used to the torque of the GT750...
Anyway.... By the time I could finally afford a big V4 there was only the VMax available as new bike so I bought that and I stick that since then.
V4 rules and I see so many similarities between this one and the 1200 VMax, even the producer of the rear shatf drive gear seems to be the same for both, Suzuki and Yamaha.
Interestingly, my VMax also is equipped with self cancelling turn indicators, the 2nd gen VMax doesn't have them anymore...
While I can live with the double instrument (speedo and tacho) in my opinion that block under the two Instruments looks weird.
And iin my opinion t is a bit too much on the cruiser side of optical appearance.
Nevertheless, a good, solid bike.
Thanks for the good review!
@@WolfBazo-uo9uj pleasure to read this !
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Bought one of these in 86 loved it.
owned one in 2000, lovely bike, first shaft driven bike I could get to do a wheely......
Ist shaft drive i wheelied was an 83 XJ750, the weird looking one with the cowhorn bars and yellow fog light under the main headlight, owner said it was impossible. Challenge accepted😆
I inadvertently did wheelies in 3rd gear. Now that's power. lol
So few likes. I really enjoyed the video.
People can't wait to slate or give shit these days, no urgency in giving credit or praise though.. times we live in..
I had a GV700 it was amazing!
Номер 1 в моём списке!
I have owned one for twenty years, nuff said.
Ooops, i am having carb issues nowadays though.
Sorry for the late response. I own the 700 and 1200. Sometimes just by getting a hold of some bad gas is enough that will knock the carbs out of synch. I'm lucky, I have a mechanic that specializes in these old bikes. He's definitely has gotten to be a pro working on the old V4's. LOL
Lookin at buying a calvalcade 1400 for $950 it runs but needs to be taken out of a 8 year hibernation
RF 900r👍
I had one of those, briefly. I always thought Honda did that sort of thing way better than suzuki, until Honda ruined the VFR by deleting the gear driven cams, and then it was all over for me, with honda.
Why did they stop making it?
I'm trying to buy one right now for 800 bucks
Great review!
😍
I had this bike in the eighties and some asshole stole it.
Dam, I'm sorry that sucks!...This this still my favorite bike. I own 2 of them.
@@gotchagee3315 I lived in Miami at the time. I was returning a VHS movie at SPECs, right on US1. I parked the bike on the sidewalk, next to the clear double glass doors in the front. One step inside was a security guard. It took me less than 3 minutes to return the movie. In that time, two guys loaded this heavy bike on to the back of a pickup truck. I know this because a customer watched it and did nothing about it. The security, although 3 feet away, totally missed it. The bike was fully paid for, and I had the minimum insurance at the time - so it wasn't covered. It still hurts to this day.
I have the exact one
TORQUE!!!!!!!!
Was soll diese Misshandlung des Motorrades? Ziemlich idiotisch.
Ihre Zeit, die Sie mit dem Ansehen dieses Videos verbringen, wird geschätzt.
Hey people do what people do.
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